What language do bilinguals think in and can they think in their weaker language?

depends on what im doing

if im reading a website that uses my native language, i think in that language
if im reading tsr, i think in english

same with speaking to people. being bilingual is not like knowing two languages, but rather knowing one big language with many ways of saying the same thing, you feel me

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frostyy

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Original post by Craghyrax

I've always wondered about this. And whether you can think/feel some things in some languages that you can't in another

not really, but sometimes you remember how to e.g. name an object in one language, but forget how to do it in the other.
bit more awkward when you forget the name of that object in both languages and you have that image in your head and have to describe it by looks

Reply 22

jeuiuiu

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Original post by frostyy

depends on what im doing

if im reading a website that uses my native language, i think in that language
if im reading tsr, i think in english

same with speaking to people. being bilingual is not like knowing two languages, but rather knowing one big language with many ways of saying the same thing, you feel me

What about when thinking on your own?

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TheAdviser101

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I speak English and Tamil at home. I think in English outside of home and also in my dreams but for some reason I think in Tamil when I'm around family and relatives.

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frostyy

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Original post by jeuiuiu

What about when thinking on your own?

depends on my last action
for example after i posted i went downstairs to get a snack and thought to myself in english
after speaking to my mother i'd think in my native language until I did something that required me thinking in english

that's generally how it is, but it depends, sometimes I think one sentence in my native language and then randomly switch to english just because it's more convenient and quicker

Reply 25

jeuiuiu

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Original post by frostyy

depends on my last action
for example after i posted i went downstairs to get a snack and thought to myself in english
after speaking to my mother i'd think in my native language until I did something that required me thinking in english

that's generally how it is, but it depends, sometimes I think one sentence in my native language and then randomly switch to english just because it's more convenient and quicker

How many languages can you think in altogether?

Reply 26

Akhand Chutiyapa

Klingon and Parseltongue

My weaker language however is Dothraki and I often think in that when I'm trolling student forums

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jeuiuiu

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Original post by TheAdviser101

I speak English and Tamil at home. I think in English outside of home and also in my dreams but for some reason I think in Tamil when I'm around family and relatives.

What about when thinking on your own?

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jeuiuiu

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Bump

Reply 29

frostyy

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Original post by jeuiuiu

How many languages can you think in altogether?

two

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Kallisto

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I am bilingual, speaking German and English, capable of thinking in my weaker language, the latter named one. Of course my native language is better in terms of pronounciation, vocabulary, grammar, expression, etc. But the foreign one is at a quite good level, I would say.

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Craghyrax

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Original post by jeuiuiu

Bump

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Reply 32

jeuiuiu

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Original post by Kallisto

I am bilingual, speaking German and English, capable of thinking in my weaker language, the latter named one. Of course my native language is better in terms of pronounciation, vocabulary, grammar, expression, etc. But the foreign one is at a quite good level, I would say.